GayleR
Senior Insider
Beachy Books May '07
Having just returned from 3 glorious weeks I had plenty of time to get through some of my book pile which I save specifically for SBH.
Adam Gopnick, Through the Children's Gate
A good read about the Gopnick family's return and adjustment to NYC after living in Paris for 5 years. A bit dry after his previous Paris To The Moon.
Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policeman's Union
Just released, this novel is an interesting murder mystery based on the premise that Israel never came into existence and Sitka, Alaska became the Jewish diaspora settlement where Yiddish is the language and corrupt rabbis run the community.
Curtis Sittenfeld, The Man of my Dreams
A somewhat sophmoric novel by the same author as Prep, which is essentially a story about a young girl's college years and her coming of age.
Stephen Clarke, Talk To The Snail
The author of A Year in The Merde explains why the French are the way they are. A fun and perfect read for SBH that made me smile.
Christopher Moore, Fluke
A simply ridiculous and totally entertaining tail (sic) about the community of scientists who study whales and the concept of alternate existences. A fun beach read if ever there was one.
Kim Powers, The History of Swimming
The very depressing true story of a twin who goes missing and his brother's search to find him and reconcile their complicated relationship.
Marlena de Blasi, A Thousand Days in Venice
The true story of a middle aged American woman who finds herself moving to Venice for love with "the stanger". This was a perfect frivolity after The History of Swimming.
Douglas Coupland, jPod
An extremely entertaining and witty read about the lives of video game developers filled with lots of amusing wordplay.
William Leith, The Hungry Years
This autobiography of a man who struggled with weight loss, yo-yo dieting and ultimately self-awareness was the perfect book to read after one too many profiteroles. Anyone for the gym?
And finally I ended the trip with Amanda Mackenzie Stuart's thoroughly well researched and extremely detailed and interesting Consuelo and Alva, the story of the mother-daughter Vanderbilts in the early part of the last century.
Having just returned from 3 glorious weeks I had plenty of time to get through some of my book pile which I save specifically for SBH.
Adam Gopnick, Through the Children's Gate
A good read about the Gopnick family's return and adjustment to NYC after living in Paris for 5 years. A bit dry after his previous Paris To The Moon.
Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policeman's Union
Just released, this novel is an interesting murder mystery based on the premise that Israel never came into existence and Sitka, Alaska became the Jewish diaspora settlement where Yiddish is the language and corrupt rabbis run the community.
Curtis Sittenfeld, The Man of my Dreams
A somewhat sophmoric novel by the same author as Prep, which is essentially a story about a young girl's college years and her coming of age.
Stephen Clarke, Talk To The Snail
The author of A Year in The Merde explains why the French are the way they are. A fun and perfect read for SBH that made me smile.
Christopher Moore, Fluke
A simply ridiculous and totally entertaining tail (sic) about the community of scientists who study whales and the concept of alternate existences. A fun beach read if ever there was one.
Kim Powers, The History of Swimming
The very depressing true story of a twin who goes missing and his brother's search to find him and reconcile their complicated relationship.
Marlena de Blasi, A Thousand Days in Venice
The true story of a middle aged American woman who finds herself moving to Venice for love with "the stanger". This was a perfect frivolity after The History of Swimming.
Douglas Coupland, jPod
An extremely entertaining and witty read about the lives of video game developers filled with lots of amusing wordplay.
William Leith, The Hungry Years
This autobiography of a man who struggled with weight loss, yo-yo dieting and ultimately self-awareness was the perfect book to read after one too many profiteroles. Anyone for the gym?
And finally I ended the trip with Amanda Mackenzie Stuart's thoroughly well researched and extremely detailed and interesting Consuelo and Alva, the story of the mother-daughter Vanderbilts in the early part of the last century.
